Putin Has Offered To Provide A Transcript Of Trump’s Chat With Russians In The Oval Office

The two major White House scandals of the week are still as baffling as they were yesterday. Staffers wonder if Trump is “completely f*cked” by the Comey memo, and then there’s the matter of Trump dropping “highly classified” information from Israel to Russians in the Oval Office. The latter disaster has reportedly endangered the life of a spy who’s currently planted inside ISIS, but Russian President Vladimir Putin is stepping up to defend Trump, who he says did not divulge any secrets to the Russian foreign minister or ambassador. And he’s willing to “prove” his claim with the Russian version of a transcript.

“I spoke to him (Lavrov) today,” said Putin with a smile. “I’ll be forced to issue him with a reprimand because he did not share these secrets with us. Not with me, nor with representatives of Russia’s intelligence services. It was very bad of him.”

“It’s hard to imagine what else can these people who generate such nonsense and rubbish can dream up next … Either they don’t understand the damage they’re doing to their own country, in which case they are simply stupid, or they understand everything, in which case they are dangerous and corrupt.”

Most Republicans at this point aren’t even willing to publicly go on TV to defend Trump, but Putin is racing to his rescue? That’s telling. Four months, folks, it only took four months to reach this point. Four fucking months.